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“Hyunjun!”
International conference held at Hilton Midtown, New York.
This Hilton Midtown is a convention hotel with ample meeting space, and in front of the hotel’s first floor entrance, Hyun-Jun met Professor Park Yu-Jin of Sunghan University as if by chance.
Of course, the departure time of the last flight of the two was different from each other.
However, since there is a common proposition of attending an international conference, the two met in front of it as they do.
“Hey, Park Yujin!”
Entering the entrance on the first floor, Hyeon-joon recognized Professor Park Yu-jin, pushed the bodyguards back slightly, and approached her.
Come to think of it, the morning air in New York was full of busyness rather than something pleasant, and maybe that’s why, she jumped right up to Hyeonjun.
“Are you coming now?”
“uh. right at the hotel… You?”
“Me too right now.”
“Eugene, what about the other party?”
“Students sent it first and I am now. really! Hyunjun, I saw your article.”
Article?
However, there are too many articles related to him these days.
Hyunjoon couldn’t help but smile.
However, soon Hyun-joon changed his expression and brought up another topic.
“I was originally going to come on the same plane, but I’m sorry I changed the schedule.”
“no it’s okay. You are busy.”
“hey! Being busy all the time is just an excuse. sorry anyway! And thank you. It’s probably the last time I’ll go to a conference as a professor… I’m always grateful.”
When Hyun-joon laughs while saying that, Professor Park Yoo-jin can’t help but smile as well.
“Oh, what about your girlfriend?”
“uh? Did you see that too?”
“How many of your articles are published? But you say you’re an announcer?”
At that, Hyunjoon smiled and scratched his head.
However, that was for a while, and Hyun-joon changed the topic again.
“Then what are you going to do with the conference schedule?”
“calendar? Just listen to some presentations, meet some other professors… I heard that a lot of professors come from Korea. Then what about you?”
“Ah, I have an appointment in the evening after listening to an oral session for just one day, so I have to move right away. And early tomorrow morning, to go to San Francisco.”
“San Francisco? Why are you there?”
“Professor Bae Sang-gi, I want to help you with your work. Last School Business! And I want to see Professor Grossman.”
“Doctor Grossman? Are you at work?”
“uh. I think pharmaceutical companies will merge sooner or later. in case you don’t know If a new drug issue breaks out in the company, I think we will need some help from him during the US clinical trial.”
“Poop! Merger? Wow! You are completely different.”
Hyunjoon just smiled.
Professor Park Yoo-jin, who was staring at Hyun-joon like that, suddenly sighed and seemed to be missing something.
“But I also… have to see Dr. Grossman sooner or later.”
In fact, she also did postdoctoral work in Dr. Grossman’s lab at Stanford University.
Isn’t she also a disciple of Dr. Grossman?
“By the way, I heard that it is not easy to enter Dr. Grossman’s Lab as a postdoctoral researcher in Korea?”
“uh. He said yes. At the last Jeju Island conference, Bae Jin-seong said that. I want to go to Stanford University, but it’s not easy. But does Dr. Grossman really have a chance of winning a Nobel Prize?”
When Hyeon-jun asks that question, Professor Park Yu-jin thinks for a moment.
And she immediately answered with a tilt of her head.
“Well, that’s because I really don’t know. Still, if this year doesn’t work, next year, or next year, or maybe someday, won’t it?”
“right. As long as you take good care of your health, you will receive it someday.”
This is because the Nobel Prize is awarded only to those who are alive.
So, scholars with the potential to win the Nobel Prize have no choice but to pay great attention to health care in their later years.
“Oh, you said you were quitting your professorship?”
On the other hand, as the topic of conversation changed without rest, Professor Park Yoo-jin asked a sneaky question again.
Hyunjoon immediately nodded.
“Only until this August.”
“Then, by chance… Hyeonjun-ah! Could there be an announcement about the recruitment of professors in your department?”
“uh? Recruitment of professors?”
“yes.”
“But why…? Uh, is it you!?”
Hyeonjun’s eyes widened slightly.
And I immediately asked a question.
“Are you sure you want to apply to our school?”
“no. Not yet. I do not know yet.”
“Hey, let’s not do that, let’s sit down and talk for a while.”
Then, Hyun-Jun and Professor Park Yu-Jin went around the lobby on the 1st floor of the hotel, looking for a place to sit.
Except for the breakfast restaurant, there was hardly anywhere to sit and talk.
I finally found it, in front of the elevator on each floor, there is a seat that looks like a small long box.
So the two of them sat there for a while and had a conversation.
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“Then, do you have any idea about the possibility of hiring a professor?”
“uh. I’m not sure. Usually, in this case, they select professors through special recruitment. It’s usually for public loans. Shall I recommend it to Dean Kim Ryun-ki? I think our school would greatly welcome talented people like you.”
“Hey, does that mean I can get into your school so easily? However, is it a little better because I am an incumbent? You know that. Being appointed as a professor is not necessarily about ability alone.”
Well, it is.
Being a professor is not necessarily about ability.
Most PhDs, and those who have just entered postdocs, are always very unrealistic in that respect.
Usually, the ability of science and engineering professors tends to talk about research ability, so people who have completed a doctoral degree or postdoctoral program at a top US university might think that at this point, they will take me to a Korean university.
That’s a million words!
It is a word that is close to zero reality.
Even if you have excellent research skills, welcome to the university! It’s a really rare case of taking someone with you.
Although the amount of research funding each year is high-ranking professors, this situation may arise.
Welcome newbies or new doctors from any university! Would you like to take it?
Currently, thousands of aspiring professors are building their skills by studying all night long all over the world.
In the meantime, when a professor TO of a fairly good university comes out, the competition rate for that TO position is bound to be very fierce.
In particular, incumbent professors at other universities also sometimes apply for this kind of public recruitment, not special recruitment, to transfer schools.
How dare a university directly offer a professorship to a fledgling Ph.D.
In such a situation, it was not clear whether even the current professor, Sunghan University Professor Park Yoo-jin, would be able to enter Hyeon-jun’s pharmacy school.
This is because, when it comes to hiring professors, there are no objective scores such as SAT scores or GPA.
However, young doctors misunderstand the score, which is simply the sum of the impact factor (IF) of each academic paper, as a professor research ability score, and sometimes wonder why they were rejected from professor recruitment.
However, these thesis records are only a reference in hiring professors.
That is, one’s research (dissertation) performance for the last 3 or 4 years, university degree, future research field, research vision, human network, possibility of receiving a large amount of research funding, possibility of industry-university joint research, educational vision, undergraduate course subjects, character, etc.
As such, after being screened for numerous overall aspects, they are then hired as professors.
So even Professor Park Yoo-jin has no choice but to be anxious.
Also, if a strong competitor appears, they may suddenly be eliminated.
“It’ll turn out okay. Still, if you’re at your level, you’ll be able to easily pass the interview with the president. Anyway, I’ll just give a little hint to Dean Kim Ryoon-ki.”
Then Professor Park Yoo-jin answered with a smile.
“Thank you. Hyun Joon.”
“Hey, like you, I hope everyone is well. Especially the people around me…”
After saying that, Hyeonjun checked the current time on his watch, and then stood up right away.
Now, you must immediately go to the lobby where the conference is held and receive the conference badge, program brochure, etc.
And I plan to listen to the presentations of famous scholars.
“let’s go. The first session will start soon.”
“okay.”
Hyunjun and Professor Park Yujin moved together.
From then on, Hyeon-jun stayed there during the day and listened to various oral presentations.
And when evening came, Hyeon-jun left the place after exchanging greetings with several Korean professors besides Professor Park Yu-jin.
In fact, when a university professor attends an international conference, the conference travel expenses are covered from the national research project budget. So, it was only natural for professors to hold conference schedules in an exemplary way.
However, due to circumstances, Hyun-joon had to pay for his attendance at the conference at his personal expense.
So, by attending this day, I was able to finish the conference schedule early.
and after a while
Hyun-joon met Choi Gil-ja, chairman of [CG Asset Investment], in front of a top-notch restaurant located in the heart of Manhattan.
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“Oh, Professor Choi! I do.”
Chairman Choi Gil-ja smiles brightly.
Meanwhile, she showed up with her nephew, Vice President Choi Jin-wook.
After greeting them, Hyeon-jun entered the elegant restaurant.
In fact, this evening is a dinner with Scott McCarthy and his wife, who are the largest shareholders of Insight Bracket Investment Bank (IB) in the UK.
Originally, it was a meal only Hyun-joon attended, but at the request of Chairman Choi Gil-ja, Hyun-joon took her to this place.
and after a while
Hyeon-jun laughed happily and had a chat with the McCarthy couple.
Chairman Choi Gil-ja also had a bright smile on his face and had a conversation with Scott McCarthy about business related to US investment.
For a while, the two of them talked about something very exciting from then on.
Fortunately, things seemed to be going very well.
On the other hand, after Hyun-joon finished the meal, he did not immediately part with Chairman Choi Gil-ja.
I immediately went to a coffee shop in a nearby hotel and chatted with Chairman Choi Gil-ja and Vice President Choi Jin-wook.
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“professor! Thank you so much for taking me to dinner tonight. Thanks to the professor, the conversation with Mr. McCarthy went really well, and I am deeply grateful.”
Chairman Choi Gil-ja greeted with gratitude repeatedly.
Meanwhile, her nephew Choi Jin-wook, vice president, had been keeping an eye on Hyun-joon for some time.
Professor Choi Hyun-joon, who became one of the richest people in Korea in an instant.
Furthermore, the acquisition of Sangmoon Group has already been confirmed.
As a result, Vice President Choi Jin-wook, unlike the previous meeting, was very polite to Hyeon-jun, and he did not dare to say anything.
Hyun-joon was a little funny seeing Vice President Choi Jin-wook like that, but he deliberately pretended not to know.
The conversation continued with Chairman Choi Gil-ja.
